Improvement in bill-registers



, YUivirnn STATES J. N. AYREs, or

FFICEQ STANFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BILL-REGISTERS.

T0 all 'zz/.7mm it may concern.-

Be it known that l, J. N. AYRES, of Stanltord, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and uset'ularticle to be used in counting-houses, stores, or offices to indicatethose days of the month on which bills are receivable and payable,serving also as an almanac, which said article I denominate ThePerpetual Countingdflouse Calendar and Bill-Register, and I do herebydeclare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specilication, in which- Figure l is a front view, and Fig. 2tical section, of myinvention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of theseveral figures.

The principal Object of this invention is to show at a glance to thosepersons in a counting-house or other place of business whose duty orwish it is to know what bills are becoming payable or receivable everymonth and their dates and amounts.

To enable those skilled in the artgto make and use my invention, I willproceed to de scribe its construction and operation.

A is the frame or case, which may be made ot wood, pasteboard, or othersuitable material. Down the middlel of the face of the case is printedor otherwise marked the days of the week several times repeated inregular succession, and opposite to each day so marked, on theright-hand side, there is a small opening through which is seen a numberon a movable strip or tape a, which has marked upon it in regularsuccession the iigures which denote all the days in the longest months.rlhis strip is adjustable to bringthe proper numbers opposite the daysofthe week. In the drawings it is supposed to consist of an endlessband, and is represented in Fig. 2 ot a red color, passing roundsuitable guides?) Z) within the box, having` two tapes cc attached to itand passing out through holes in the back B of the box. By pulling thesetapes the numbers may be raised orlowered. Above the column of the daysof the week there is an opening` in the face, through which is seen thename ot' the month, which is marked upon an endless band C, which passesround a pair of rollers d d within the case. This endless band has thenames of all the months marked at equal distances apart and extendingall round it. It is moved by a crank e outside the case, the said crankbeing upon the axle of the upper roller d. At each side of the columnsof the days of the week and month there are suitable spaces crossed bystrips ff of paper, thin leather, or other suitable material. Thesestrips divide the spaces into weeks, being opposite the Sundays in thecolumn. Under these strips f f are inserted strips ot paper or othersuitable material D D ot' the whole width of the spaces. strips areruled across with lines which correspond with or are opposite to thedays of the week and month, and are ruled downward in any way consideredmost convenient to divide them into columns for names and amounts. Theycan be veasily removed and renewed every month. The cross-stripsffcovering the spacesin the columns D D, which are allotted to theSundays, make a very perceptible division ofthe weeks. Above 011e of thespaces which receive the strips of paper D D is marked Bills payable,and above the other Bills receivable.77 V30th spaces are covered, whendesired, by hinged tlaps or doors E, with which the case is furnished,and which when closed only leave displayed the name of the month and thedays of the month and week. The back B is movable and secured in pla-ceby any means which admit of its being taken ott to adjust the interior.

The article is used in the followingl manner: The crank c is turned eachmonth to bring the name ot the new month opposite the opening, and thestrip Aor band a is moved to bring the first day of the month oppositethe proper day in the first Week in the column. The almanac is thencorrect. The names of the persons to or from whom bills are payable orreceivable, together with the amounts of said bills, are on the stripsof paper D D, under the proper head, and opposite the proper dates inthe middle columns.

The article is hung up in a suitable place, and the doors E E (which areshown open in the drawings in Fig. l to exhibit the interior) are keptclosed except when it is desired to refer to the bill-register, thecalendar being always visible.

The strips of paper D D want renewing every month unless there is roomto contain a large number, when all that is necessary is to remove theold one at the end of every month.

These renewable, on either side of the columns of- (lays of the monthand week, under suitable headings which denote Whether the bills arepayable or receivable, as herein substantially sei forth.

J. N. AYRES.

Witnesses:

DUNCAN PHYFE, 'THEoD. DAVENPORT.

